My name is Ada

but not really

it’s what my father’s side

calls me cause I was born

first

and on this day

I’m only three months

from leaving this place behind

they tell me there’s

a big world out there

and they tell me

there’s so much I can do

and I know nothing

but this city

but my father

but these schools

where I’ve always

been one of few specks

of dingy brown

in a sea of perfect white

but I know the bible

and I know how to do

the right things

so how hard could college

really be